Arthur was exhausted by the end of that lunch because he felt nervous and weirdly excited that Natalia would glance at him from time to time.
Every time she looked at him, he was too late to look away, and he would be sweating as he tried to break eye contact.
Arthur could swear her eyes were making fun of him. She was clearly messing with him on purpose. She knew he was looking at her, and he would get frustrated.
"Hmmph! She is scary..."
Arthur laid on the couch, the book he had been reading resting on his stomach as he counted how many times he had embarrassed himself.
This was very confusing and quite scary because he had never felt this way with other alphas before. He had had a few alphas come after him asking for a date, but he had never been interested enough to even look back.
"Is it because I know she is uncle and aunty's daughter and she can do no wrong, of course?"
Arthur was quite clueless about many things, but he understood this.
He might have developed an interest in her. Or maybe he was just curious...
But he had never felt any of this about any other alphas either.
So... Is it because she is someone he feels safe with? Or because she is someone he feels familiar with, even though they had barely talked?
'Or... have I started crushing on her like those omegas in high school? God!'
Arthur scoffed at his own thought, but it felt right about his situation.
Or else, why would he heat up and blush like that?
'Well... Even if I do like her, it's just impossible to even make her look at me,' Arthur thought and suddenly paused.
'No! She did look at me. I mean, like... she doesn't easily like others. Alas, why would she ever like someone like me when she can do way better?' Arthur nodded, agreeing with himself.
"I should just stop blushing at her sight. I hope she did not notice me blushing, or she would misunderstand me," Arthur thought to himself as he got up, intending to grab a glass of water.
But then, he paused.
He couldn't help but take a big gulp as his eyes followed Natalia, who had her back to him with her laptop open in front of her, sitting in the chair in an elegant posture.
Arthur didn't want to stare. Of course, he didn't want to blush either.
But well... guess who couldn't help but gulp again and wipe sweat when his eyes stared at her long hair and her curvy wai-
"Are you done staring?"
Arthur was startled when he heard Natalia speak, her tone not giving away what she felt about him staring.
'Shit! She saw me?'
Arthur tried apologising, but his words didn't come out right, and when they finally did, he stuttered in a way he never had before.
"I-I am s-sorry."
Arthur felt like he had just screamed that out because he was sweating.
He was really scared. There was no escaping. He had been caught.
'What if she thinks I am a pervert?'
Arthur panicked even more when she turned back to him but said nothing while staring at him.
Arthur felt his fingertips tremble...
Now he was really really scared.
He kept his head down, tears welling up as he went on to say sorry again.
"I-I am sorry. I didn't mean to stare. I-I am sorry."
He was sobbing at the end of that agology and he felt so miserable and humiliated .
"Hey."
Arthur flinched when Natalia spoke again, her voice sounding very close to him as her fingers next touched his chin and forced him to look up, his eyes widening as he watched Natalia frown.
"Why are you crying?"
She asked, voice cold.
"I-I am not."
Arthur protested.
"Stop crying."
Arthur sniffled and frowned, looking at Natalia in a challenging way.
"I am n-not crying."
Arthur wiped his tears and was taken aback when he saw a smirk on Natalia's face.
He was suddenly stunned.
And he was a little proud as she looked exactly like he imagined if she smirked.
The smirk obviously looked good on that face.
'God, she is beautiful...and sexy...'
Arthur was already shamelessly staring at her again, clueless about everything that had happened just a few seconds ago.
But after a few seconds, he came back to his senses and remembered he was in serious trouble.
So when Arthur realised what he was doing, he lowered his head again, scolding himself.
With a flutter of anticipation, he closed his eyes as Natalia's delicate hand approached his face once more. Arthur opened his eyes, stunned, as her fingers lifted his chin, locking eyes, making him somewhat defeated.
"I thought you wanted to ask me something when you were staring at me before. I didn't mean to scare you when I asked that. I just wanted to know if you need something."
Arthur's eyes did their best to avoid Natalia's gaze but failed as she grabbed his chin and forced him to look at her.
And then, in a very calm voice, she spoke to him.
That was also when Arthur realised that there were alpha pheromones surrounding them which were very relaxing and comforting.
They had to be Natalia's.
'Is she trying to calm me down with her pheromones?'
Arthur felt relaxed, maybe indeed because of the soothing pheromones, or because he realised she wasn't mad and she didn't seem to have realised he was enchanted by her.
However, the pheromones that were supposed to be comforting soon stirred another fire in Arthur.
'...Her pheromones... they feel sweet and cold.'
Like ice cream.
'Delicious.'
Arthur was appalled by his own thoughts as he shook his head, earning a chuckle from the alpha who was still standing close to him, observing the nervous omega.
Natalia felt like every time she saw him, he seemed to get cuter and cuter, especially when he blushed like that.
He was always blushing when facing her, and it gave her a satisfaction she had never felt before.
She wanted to tease him, but he seemed like he would go and complain to her mom.
He was her mom's baby boy after all.
Natalia let out a soft chuckle again as she took her hand off him, then tied her hands in front of her chest.
"Do you want anything?"
"Ha?"
Natalia watched him, intrigued. His cheeks still held that blush, and his expression turned to confusion.
"You were staring at me before. Do you need anything from me?"
Natalia watched him gulp and avoid eye contact.
"N-no, no. I- I am really s-sorry to disturb you..."
Natalia nodded and sighed, finally letting him take a breath of relief, which the young man did very loudly.
That also amused Natalia.
This Arthur...
Everything about him just makes Natalia feel entertained.
She turned back and watched him freeze again. But she didn't want to mess with him anymore and stopped releasing her pheromones too as he now seemed fine, apart from being red, obviously.
"If you want something, just talk to me. Do you understand, baby boy?"
Natalia felt that evil satisfaction again as Arthur looked at her, speechless, probably processing what she had just called him.
Yeah, that's true.
And… he wasn't very pleased.
"W-what? I am no baby boy! Mmph!"